1976 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

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1976 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams7
FormatSeven-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Clemson  (1st title)
Winning coach Bill Wilhelm  (1st title)
Attendance6,250
1976 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Clemson  y102 .8333615 .706
Maryland  84 .6671914 .576
North Carolina  84 .6671917 .528
NC State  66 .5002010 .667
Wake Forest  57 .4172211 .667
Virginia  48 .3331722 .436
Duke  111 .083723 .233
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1976 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1976 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Tiger Field in Clemson, SC from April 22nd through April 25th. Clemson won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1976 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Contents

Tournament

 Play-In Rd. (Single Elim.)Upper round 2Upper finalChampionship
     
 5Wake Forest0
 1 Clemson 2
 5 Wake Forest 7
 4 NC State 3
 2Maryland2
 1Clemson3
 6 Virginia 8
 3 North Carolina 6
 6Virginia4
 2Maryland8
 7 Duke 92Maryland2
 2 Maryland 101Clemson3
 
 Lower round 1Lower final
 
 
 2Maryland14
 6Virginia86Virginia8
 5Wake Forest2

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References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1976". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 23, 2014.